27. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian."
28. All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
29. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.
30. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
31. Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.
32. They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.
33. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,
34. "Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"
35. "Be quiet!" Jesus said sternly. "Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
36. All the people were amazed and said to each other, "What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!"
37. And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.